"Spasms, Infantile" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An epileptic syndrome characterized by the triad of infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, and arrest of psychomotor development at seizure onset. The majority present between 3-12 months of age, with spasms consisting of combinations of brief flexor or extensor movements of the head, trunk, and limbs. The condition is divided into two forms: cryptogenic (idiopathic) and symptomatic (secondary to a known disease process such as intrauterine infections; nervous system abnormalities; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; prematurity; perinatal asphyxia; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; etc.). (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp744-8)
Descriptor ID |
D013036
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MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.490.375.760 C10.228.140.490.493.875
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Concept/Terms |
Spasms, Infantile- Spasms, Infantile
- Infantile Spasm
- Infantile Spasms
- Lightning Attacks
- Attack, Lightning
- Attacks, Lightning
- Lightning Attack
- West Syndrome
- Syndrome, West
Jackknife Seizures- Jackknife Seizures
- Jackknife Seizure
- Seizure, Jackknife
- Seizures, Jackknife
Symptomatic Infantile Spasms- Symptomatic Infantile Spasms
- Infantile Spasm, Symptomatic
- Infantile Spasms, Symptomatic
- Spasm, Symptomatic Infantile
- Spasms, Symptomatic Infantile
- Symptomatic Infantile Spasm
- Symptomatic West Syndrome
- Syndrome, Symptomatic West
- West Syndrome, Symptomatic
Salaam Attacks- Salaam Attacks
- Attacks, Salaam
- Salaam Seizures
- Seizures, Salaam
Cryptogenic Infantile Spasms- Cryptogenic Infantile Spasms
- Cryptogenic Infantile Spasm
- Infantile Spasm, Cryptogenic
- Infantile Spasms, Cryptogenic
- Spasm, Cryptogenic Infantile
- Spasms, Cryptogenic Infantile
- Cryptogenic West Syndrome
- Syndrome, Cryptogenic West
- West Syndrome, Cryptogenic
Nodding Spasm- Nodding Spasm
- Nodding Spasms
- Spasm, Nodding
- Spasms, Nodding
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1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spasms, Infantile" by people in Profiles.
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Association of Time to Clinical Remission With Sustained Resolution in Children With New-Onset Infantile Spasms. Neurology. 2022 11 29; 99(22):e2494-e2503.
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Long-term outcomes of conventional therapy for infantile spasms. Seizure. 1997 Jun; 6(3):201-5.
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Benign familial neonatal convulsions; psychosocial adjustment to the threat of recurrent seizures. Seizure. 1996 Sep; 5(3):243-5.
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Epileptic spasms in older children: persistence beyond infancy. Epilepsia. 1995 Feb; 36(2):151-5.